Mr. Jackson works in a college. He likes reading and often   1    some books from the library. He keeps   2    to the radio every morning and reading   3    after dinner. So he knows much and teaches well. He is also good   4   his students. His students   5   him very much. Mike, Mr. Jackson's little son is only nine. He   6   likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Jackson always thinks his son is too   7   to understand him, so he chooses（选择）  8   ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied (对……满意) with them.

One day Mike read something about the electric lights and was   9   them. When his father told him to do housework, he went on（继续）thinking  10   it. He asked him   11   questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly（自豪地），“Fathers always know   12   than sons!” The boy thought for a while and said, “  13   .” “Oh, why?” Mike didn't answer but asked. “  14    invented（发明） the electric lights?” “Thomas Edison.” answered Mr. Jackson “Why didn't his father invent them then?” Mike asked again.

Looking at his son, Mr. Jackson didn't know   15   to answer.

1.                A．borrows        B．reads          C．sells D．finds

2.                A．watching        B．listening        C．reading   D．touching

3.                A．messages       B．letters          C．stories   D．newspapers

4.                A．to             B．with           C．for  D．at

5.                A．like            B．dislike          C．hate D．likes

6.                A．never          B．even           C．still  D．also

7.                A．clever          B．bright          C．old  D．young

8.                A．difficult         B．wrong          C．easy D．right

9.                A．afraid of        B．tired of         C．interested in   D．worried about

10.               A．to             B．at             C．about D．from

11.               A．a little          B．a few          C．little  D．few

12.               A．many          B．much          C．more D．most

13.               A．I think so.       B．I don’t think so. C．I hope so.  D．I hope not.

14.               A．Which         B．Who           C．When D．Why

15.               A．what           B．when          C．which D．where

在对话空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词(含缩写词)。

 ( D--David ; N--Nick)

D : My father is a soldier, so he wasn' t at home much when I was young. I      1     saw him at home.

N: Did you miss him?

13: I don't think I     2      . When he was at home, he always made me do things like cleaning my shoes or  3   breakfast. My mother usually did al1 of the housework   4  when he wash' t at home.

N: Now you both seem so close!

D: Well, one thing   5    me how much he loved me and helped me understand him better.

N : What   6  ?

D : One day in December last year, I was looking for my Christmas presents. I wanted to see them before Christmas Day. I went quietly into my    7    bedroom and looked under the bed. I didn’t find any presents, but   8  , I found a photo album.

N : So?

D : To my surprise, the photos inside were all of   9  . And they were all carefully kept. On the back of one photo there were some words written by my father, " David, my dearest son, you are growing up some day to   10   us and start your new life.”

N : So, what have you learnt about your father7

D: His love for me is deep and strong, but it’s hard for him to talk to me about it.

On the terrible day, father took me to school. When he stopped in front of the school, I didn’t want to get out of the car. I looked at the students outside the building and suddenly felt sick. I slowly opened the car door and slowly got out. The body brace(支架) I wore made it hard for me to move and made me feel ugly. How I wished I were still in my school with all my friends. I didn’t know anyone here. I could feel that everyone was looking at me. I was sure that I would be the ugliest and strangest person they had ever seen. Tears fell on my new dress.

I struggled(奋力) to get through that day, and all the day for the following three days. I feel ugly for most of the time. I could hardly wait to take off the brace.

That day finally arrived on a rainy Thursday in Spring. I was so surprised and excited when the doctor said that I could take off the brace. From that day on, I began to love rain. I was free at last.

I danced up the stairs to the school building the next morning. I wanted everyone to see me, but to my surprise, no one said a word about my brace for the whole day, even Danielle, my best friend. I couldn’t wait to ask her, “Danielle, don’t you notice anything different about me? It’s the brace. The brace is gone.”

Danielle just looked at me and said, “ I know the brace is gone, but I don’t think it’ll make much difference. With or without it, you are still my friend.”

1.How did the girl feel when she first went to the school?

A. She was surprised

B. She was upset.

C. She was angry.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The girl’s classmates didn’t like her because she was strange.

B. The girl was always unhappy while she was wearing the brace.

C. The girl’s classmates changed their ideas after she took off the brace.

3.The girl took off her brace ___________.

A. The following three days

B. the next day

C. on a rainy Thursday

4.The girl _____________ in that school before she wore the body brace.

A. had never studied

B. had already studied

C. had known some friends

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A. Danielle was quite different from the others in the class.

B. It was not ugly to wear a brace.

C. Few of the girl’s classmates thought that she was ugly.

用方框中所给单词或词组的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。（5分）

surprise  suppose   wait  pleasant   science

1.How’s your school trip? ----It was __________. It was raining all the time.

2.I was__________ at the news very much.

3.Jim wants to be a _________ when he grows up .

4.Could you please       in line?

5.I don’t think you are ________ to smoke in the classroom

---Will you please have dinner with me tonight?
---         . I’ll have something more important to do.